TricJiolcena.] OLXxiii. gr amines. (J. D. Hooker.) 65 



A gems the chanicters of which cannot be satisfactorily rletermined till a great 

 inany indetennined species are examined. It dill'ers from 'Panicum in the villous or 

 silky awned spikelets with membranous glumes. The two Indian species differ 

 remarkably in the form of gl. IV. 



1. T. Teneriffse, Parlat. in Webb Sr Berth. Fhyt. Ganar. iii. 425, Fl. 

 Jtot. 1. 130 ; perennial, gl. I minute or obsolete, IV sessile ovate-lanceolate 

 acuminate margins incurved. T, micrantha, Schrad. in Sch. Mant. 

 u- IW; Nens in Ann. 8c. Nat. Ser. II vi. 



^r'^T'^rA -^''^^^ ^^- '^'^■«- i- 43. P. aaccharoiden, 



-«. r. Teneriffae, Br. Prodr. 189 ; Kiinth Ewun. PL i. 98, Suppl. 75. 

 ^- vuiosum, Pm^ Gram. & Cup. Sic 18. Saccharnm TeneviEiB, Limi. f. 

 nFd ^^.' "^"^J-/- Eclog. Gram. 51, t. 34 [exd. Si/n.) ; Bio. Bern. Stir p. 

 r^L m- ^' *■ ^- ^i'^i^'- F^- Griec. I t. 53 {excL Anal.). Agrostis 

 Plumosa. Ten. Fl. Nap. Prodr. Suppl. i. 59. 



(1836) 



Triyi. 



106. Panicura 

 Gram. Panic. 



Leaves very 



ni- 



W«J^'7? Panjab, Falconer; alt. 3500 it., Stewart. Scind, iStocA;s.— Distrib. 

 ^^t^ard to Sicily and N.Africa. 



slende?** ""*"f '^""" ^ ^"""^'^"^ ^'o^^> geniculate below, slender, rigid. 

 Wane ' p°""^"!"'<^' '•'gid, glabrous ; mouth of sheath bearded; ligule, a narrow mc 

 •J-i'in T ^~* ^"- '■»*^^"^'' open, brancblets and pedicels capillary. SpiMd-i 

 M mucrn ,^ "^^ purplish, silky with spreading hairs ; gls. II and HI ovatd acute 

 roiiate, concave ; iV articulate at the base, white or brown, shining. 



verv'omo'ii^*^^*"' -^^^8 & Am. ex Steud. Sijn. Gram. 93 ; annnal, gl. I 

 2345 .r- 7 ^.^'■' ^^ ellipsoid obtuse convolute. Nees in Wight Cat n. 

 <i.i.: yV'oa m Joum. Bomh W,rt TN^f ,«?n^ v (1890) 347, T. micrantha, 



_•.! f/ V„„ TTi.,.// 1,53. T. 



tuberi^nl " rr" ^^^'*"^- ^1- ^»^^; Schmidt Beitr. Ft. Uap. vera. ^ 

 JV. 7^ o^ -^'''''^- "^**- Bhynch elytra m Wightii, Buthie Fodd. Grass. 

 TeuerS«r D ^^nicum megalantlium, ^iewi. ^-^w. Gram. 93. Saccharu.n 

 ■5e<2 S' -.i ^'* ^''«*- ^'>'- ^^^^J-^, 183 (exrl. Sj/n.). Aira chinensis. 

 ^Obs. ,„. lO.-Tricholoeaa, TFaZZ. Ca^. n. 8660. 



^^^'^m.^Av.^^.t 'r^^J™!!"" ^°? Oodeypore, Dathie. The DeccaN, iTfSfne, TFi^Ai:. 



Leaves 1-3 in., linrar, acuminate, flat, 



Panicle 2-4 in., very narrow; 

 Spikelets very variable in size, ^-3 1". 

 gl. I J:r-J;v in. linear-oblong, obtuse, 



TEIB A,. 1 ."• "J'"''^' auu UOl 



-si^t"' ^"P*^ ^^'•"i i-^w^- 



f*"* sheatL i"!"' *^"^^^'^' "^O""^ or slender, 

 h^ches anrt n S™",' *"■ ^"'""y '' 'ig'^'e obsolete. 



"^"«>ve8nSr™ callus gihbous, bearded; 



''ot known ""i ^'"'' *'^"'"J'"ty in the size of the spw. - ^ „-, , 



"own where m the Deccan Heyne's and Wight's specimens were collected. 



.^eak 



OPZ.ZSIIIENUS 



uv. 



^ ^auceolfl^^^^' ' «tems decumbent below, leafy. Leaves thm, flat, ovate 

 V^**=icled on i ^^^® ^ ^'^^J^'e of hairs. Spikelets 1-fld., sessile or subsessvle, 

 nr^Oft, S-nprt ^'"?ple terminal spike or on panicled spikes. Glumes 4, 



" longest %*^' ^°"g-awued, awn straight; II short, awn short or 0; 

 o^^ its nalaa^^r^*^' Paleate or not, empty; IV lanceolate, terete and 



'■«tttfreewit\- i*^''^'^- ^i^tmens 3, anthers linear. Styles distinct. 



*"* tree with • :{*'="*=^- *^' -, 



'^fthe3ft„> glumes.— Species few, very variable. 



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